Category: Longer Stuff
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Time for a History Lesson: Why You Should Care About “Due Process”
Our basic rights go back a long, long way but they are being eroded and that could impact everyone. I NO LONGER engage in political writing, for a variety of reasons, but as someone bit hard by the history bug as a child I do sometimes dabble in history and try to make light of it…
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Can you withstand a major financial down turn that could last a long, long time?
Far too many Americans cannot, and with total chaos at the leadership level of the country, it’s more and more likely we are moving into a crisis many won’t be able to survive. AS I TYPE this up our leader has decided to pause tariffs on all nations but China for 90 days and the stock…
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After more than two years of not leaving home, it’s time for a road trip. A big one…
IT’S BEEN A while. I had almost forgotten what a road trip felt like but it came back in a hurry. I haven’t left Chester County, PA for more than two years, except for a couple of quick business trips. Not since Connie started down the dementia road and ended up in a memory care…
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I didn’t go to Quaker Meeting this morning for a couple of reasons, including being a grouchy old man…
I DIDN’T GO to Quaker meeting this morning. I wanted the fellowship but the grumpy old man in me won out and instead I emptied out all the potting soil from last year’s pots and did some other puttering. I had a couple of reasons for not going. One has been weighing on me a lot…
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I know a lot is going on, but this is really, really serious….
The college sports I knew and love are changing and while the athleticism may be great, cheering for old State U is a lot harder these days. YES, I KNOW a national coup is underway, but I am not writing about politics these days and besides, as a former sports writer, there is something…
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Old Music and Hope on a Cold Sunday Morning
A lot of days I don’t have much hope, but there is one hope I do hang on to….. IT’S A COLD January morning and I am thinking about hope. In the background an old Simon and Garfunkel album plays and that is what is what has gotten me thinking about hope. Events of the past…
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It woulda been nice, but…
I was supposed to be in Wilmington, Ohio this morning for my 60th class reunion but a bad back got in the way, and led to some thoughts. IT’S A RAINY Saturday morning here in West Chester, PA. It’s a bit more sunny out in Wilmington, Ohio. I make note of that because that’s where I…
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Hello Out There…
This is the first post on a new blog that will be all about….well, I don’t know. Just stuff I have on my mind, for what it’s worth…. HELLO OUT THERE… If you followed my previous blog, which was mostly political, you know I ended it for a variety of reasons. I said at…